Buratta Livia, Delvecchio Elisa, Capurso Michele, Mazzeschi Claudia
University of Perugia, IT.
Contin Educ. 2023 Jul 14;4(1):96-104. doi: 10.5334/cie.58. eCollection 2023.
Overweight and obesity in childhood has reached epidemic levels, and their roles in physical and psychological health are now recognized. Recently, researchers have focused on the impact of these weight problems in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) domains, which are less investigated in children. This exploratory study examined the differences in HRQoL domains between a clinical group who were overweight/obesity treatment-seeking (n = 58) and a normal-weight group (n = 44) in a sample of 102 children, with a specific focus on school functioning and well-being. The second aim explored the link between our findings and other HRQoL dimensions. After controlling for sex and age, a multivariate analysis of variance showed lower levels in school functioning and well-being dimensions between overweight/obesity than normal-weight (F = 4.72; p < 0.05). Correlation analyses highlighted positive links between lower school functioning and well-being and lower levels of self-esteem (r = 0.308; p < 0.01) and social domains in terms of friendships (r = 0.522 ; p < 0.001) and family relationships (r = 0.561; p < 0.001) in children who were with overweight and obesity. This study discusses the implications of these findings in educational research and practices.
儿童期超重和肥胖已达到流行程度，它们在身心健康方面的作用现已得到认可。最近，研究人员关注了这些体重问题对健康相关生活质量（HRQoL）领域的影响，而这在儿童中较少受到研究。这项探索性研究考察了102名儿童样本中寻求超重/肥胖治疗的临床组（n = 58）和正常体重组（n = 44）在HRQoL领域的差异，特别关注学校功能和幸福感。第二个目标是探究我们的研究结果与其他HRQoL维度之间的联系。在控制了性别和年龄后，多变量方差分析显示超重/肥胖组在学校功能和幸福感维度上的水平低于正常体重组（F = 4.72；p < 0.05）。相关分析突出了超重和肥胖儿童中较低的学校功能和幸福感与较低的自尊水平（r = 0.308；p < 0.01）以及在友谊（r = 0.522；p < 0.001）和家庭关系（r = 0.561；p < 0.001）方面的社会领域之间的正相关关系。本研究讨论了这些发现对教育研究和实践的启示。
